Here's the new x metal

[kronin323]

If y'all read the "Questions for Jim" sticky, he said they used a design philosophy he called "SLOGGING" and described it as "spayed and logically offset geometry", without elaborating further. It was used from the early '90s at least through the PB, which was the last frame he had input on, and x-metals are supposed to really show it.

From the look of things, slogging is dead. Doesn't mean these new frames are bad, just different.

 

[i am rich]

I believe it's jogging or yogging. it might be a soft j. I'm not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It's supposed to be wild.

 

[Ecko]

Mars 2.0

 

[RetinaBurn]

Too early to call one way or another for me. I will have to see them first before I make a decision on them. As for the pics of them, they look like the stock Oakley pics and you can never be sure if that is what it will really look like. I'm not so sure there is any O-Matter in them or it is just a bad picture of them.

 

[TheWannaBe]

I like the Badman, it looks cool. Madman looks wild but I like it not sure if I'll jump on it because of price 540 is an R1 or a BNIB OTT, but who knows

 

[freakface]

Mars 2.0

exactly what i was thinking, and NOT in a good way. seems that oakley is just re-hashing old designs and giving them a, IMO, not-so-good tweak.

hey oakley.....getting lame !

 

[Llohr]

Guess I will try them on when they become available. That huge space above the nose bridge on the madman just screams, "I am for show, not actual protection from the sun!" to me, though. The badman is a little better, but still has an unnecessary gap. We will see.

 

[Krank]

Like others have mentioned, it's nice to see a little more radical departure from the typical o matter plastic. I'll reserve final opinions for better pics and in hand evaluation.

 

[Dallas O Hog]

I'll reserve final opinions for better pics and in hand evaluation.

That's what she said

 

[Ry.1982]

they are aluminum and o matter. $400 CONUS